Belarusan or Belarusian

[Larisa Walsh]

Natalie,
  I didn't do linguistic research, but working with WorldCat database I see that the name of the language and all adjectives are established as "Belarusian" in the WorldCat authority file.
   
  If it helps, I'm copying the authority file information for you here:
   
  010 sh 97005421
   
  150  Belarusan . . .
   
  260 subject headings beginning with or qualified by the word ǂa Belarusian, ǂi e.g. ǂa Belarusian students; Sculpture, Belarusian
   
  670 Phone call to Embassy of Belarus, July 14, 1997 ǂb (adjective form for country and name of language is Belarusian)
   
  670 CIA World Factbook--Belarus ǂb (Nationality: noun Belarusian(s), adjective Belarusian)
   
  Hope this helps,
  Larisa Walsh
  Metadata Specialist II
  OCLC
   
   
  
nataliek at UALBERTA.CA wrote:
  Dear Fellow Slavists,

I am resending this message since the first one did not seem to go 
through. If I end up sending this message twice, I apologize in 
advance.

I need a ruling on correct usage. What is the proper way to form an 
adjective from Belarus? (And also the proper way to refer to a person 
from that country). I thought it was Belarusan. But a graduate 
student who is doing some copy editing for me and is from Belarus 
herself corrected it to Belarusian. Which is correct?



Natalie Kononenko
Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography
University of Alberta
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
200 Arts Building
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E6
Phone: 780-492-6810
Web: http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/uvp/

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